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17 September 2025 - 06:51
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13 November 2025 - 13:33
Marcianise – Last night, at the Maddaloni-Marcianise freight yard, a shunter was trapped between a railcar and a crane. The impact caused such deep injuries that his leg had to be amputated from the knee down. A surgical procedure that forever ended a worker's life.
The Railway Police and technicians from the Caserta Local Health Authority's Prevention Department responded immediately to the scene. The injured person was rushed to Caserta Hospital, while the competent authorities began an investigation to reconstruct the accident and determine any possible culprits.
The unions' reaction was immediate. Angelo Lustro, general secretary of FILT CGIL Campania, and Tommaso Pascarella, general secretary of FILT CGIL Caserta, expressed their "deepest sympathy to the worker and his family." They called the episode "dramatic" and issued a heartfelt appeal: "We cannot and must not get used to similar events. Every accident is a deep wound that affects the entire world of work."
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A regional emergency
These words resonate like a cry of alarm in a region that continues to pay too high a price. Campania, in fact, is among the regions with the highest rate of fatal workplace accidents in Italy. Every year, dozens of workers lose their lives, hundreds are left disabled. National statistics place the Campania region in a dire situation: too often, safety is sacrificed on the altar of productivity.
The Marcianise case is not isolated. In recent months, the province of Caserta has recorded several serious accidents, some fatal. From factories to construction sites, from warehouses to stations, the risk is ever-present. And too often, safety regulations remain only on paper.
Last night's accident reopens a wound that has never healed. The Marcianise worker joins an all-too-long list of workplace victims. A list that shouldn't exist. As we write, a family mourns a future torn away, and an entire industry is questioning how much more suffering must be endured before safety truly becomes a priority.
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